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Personal Injury & Medical Malpractice
Personal Injury & Medical Malpractice Law360 provides breaking legal news and analysis on personal injury and negligence involving bodily harm, including medical malpractice issues. Coverage includes major litigation over medical negligence, patron safety, and accidents involving catastrophic injuries and death, as well as legislative and regulatory developments.
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Latest News in Personal Injury & Medical Malpractice
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June 18, 2018
Ohio Court Tosses Botched Catheter Removal Suit
An Ohio appeals court on Monday tossed a suit accusing a medical assistant of negligently removing a prostate surgery patient's catheter, which caused severe penile injuries, saying a state Supreme Court precedent invoked by the patient doesn't apply because no physician was named as a defendant in the suit.
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June 18, 2018
NJ Court Finds No Negligence In Priest's Fall At Hospital
A priest who went to the hospital to give a patient last rites only to fall and break his own hip doesn't have a negligence case because some of evidence was hearsay and the hospital owner could not have foreseen the accident, a New Jersey appellate court has found.
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June 18, 2018
Pa. Injury Firm Inks Deal With Feds For Medicare Repayments
Federal prosecutors said Monday they'd inked a deal with Philadelphia-based Rosenbaum & Associates to resolve claims that the personal injury firm failed to reimburse the government for Medicare payments made to health care providers on behalf of clients.
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June 18, 2018
NFL, Texans Want To Arbitrate Ex-Eagles Player's Injury Suit
The NFL and the Houston Texans want a court to send to arbitration claims that a pocked and scored field at NRG Stadium gave a former Philadelphia Eagles player a career-ending injury, saying the players' union agreed that injury claims like this can only be decided in arbitration.
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June 18, 2018
An Anti-SLAPP Motion In Name Only
The Ninth Circuit’s decision last month in Planned Parenthood v. Center for Medical Progress has effectively turned the anti-SLAPP motion into a hybrid of typical motions to dismiss and motions for summary judgment. As a result, defendants have lost the primary benefit of the anti-SLAPP process, says Joseph Gjonola of Roxborough Pomerance Nye & Adreani LLP.
Areas of Coverage
- LITIGATION
- Suits accusing major companies of not taking proper safety precautions to ensure the health and safety of patrons
- Suits accusing major companies of negligence in car accident, slip-and-fall, and fatal injury cases
- Disputes over alleged acts of negligence or omission, including failure to diagnose an illness or injury and improper treatment
- Suits claiming a failure to properly warn a patient about known risks or side effects of a medication or medical procedure
- Disciplinary proceedings against health care providers
- Ethics violations
- Criminal charges for illegally prescribing opiates or otherwise compromising patient care
- Professional liability insurance coverage disputes
- REGULATION
- Tort reform measures, including lawsuit payout caps
- State and federal legislation involving patient care
- PROFILES
- Personnel moves
- Profiles of personal injury and medical malpractice practices
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- Policymakers at federal and state agencies
- Judges and court staff across the U.S.
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